The Lake Shore News, Wolcott, NY, Thursday, Nov. 26, 1936, front page
(nyshistoricnewspapers.org)
DEATH OF MRS. WHALEN
Mother of Allen P. Westfall Passes Away at Home of Her Daughter
Mrs. Josephine F. Whalen, widow of the late John Whalen, of West Butler, died at her home with her daughter, Mrs. William Hall, at about 5 a.m. Tuesday. She had been in failing health for two years or more, due to her advanced age. She was 86 years old.
She was born in Wolcott, the daughter of the late George and Hannah Little Fox, and was twice married. Surviving are two children, Emogene, Mrs. William Hall, of Butler, and Allen P. Westfall, of this village, by her first husband, the late Christopher Westfall.
Another daughter, Gertrude Westfall, is dead. She also had two sisters, Kate and Hannah Fox, but, if living, their present whereabouts are unknown.
Until her mind became enfeebled by old age, Mrs. Whalen was a woman of strong common sense and great energy. She was a good neighbor and friend.
The funeral will be held from the Hall home at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Friday), with interment in Glenside cemetery.
1860 census Wolcott, Wayne Co., NY
Hannah M. Fox 37 (1823) NY
Hulda A. Fox 11 NY
Josephine Fox 8 (1852) NY
Lydia C. Fox 3 NY
1870 census Wolcott, Wayne Co., NY
Josephine Fox 16 (1854) NY keeping house (It looks like she may have been working as a housekeeper in a boarding house.) No sign of her family.
According to the 1900 census for Wayne Co., NY, she married John Whalen in about 1894 and her birth was in February of 1855.
(nyshistoricnewspapers.org)
DEATH OF MRS. WHALEN
Mother of Allen P. Westfall Passes Away at Home of Her Daughter
Mrs. Josephine F. Whalen, widow of the late John Whalen, of West Butler, died at her home with her daughter, Mrs. William Hall, at about 5 a.m. Tuesday. She had been in failing health for two years or more, due to her advanced age. She was 86 years old.
She was born in Wolcott, the daughter of the late George and Hannah Little Fox, and was twice married. Surviving are two children, Emogene, Mrs. William Hall, of Butler, and Allen P. Westfall, of this village, by her first husband, the late Christopher Westfall.
Another daughter, Gertrude Westfall, is dead. She also had two sisters, Kate and Hannah Fox, but, if living, their present whereabouts are unknown.
Until her mind became enfeebled by old age, Mrs. Whalen was a woman of strong common sense and great energy. She was a good neighbor and friend.
The funeral will be held from the Hall home at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Friday), with interment in Glenside cemetery.
1860 census Wolcott, Wayne Co., NY
Hannah M. Fox 37 (1823) NY
Hulda A. Fox 11 NY
Josephine Fox 8 (1852) NY
Lydia C. Fox 3 NY
1870 census Wolcott, Wayne Co., NY
Josephine Fox 16 (1854) NY keeping house (It looks like she may have been working as a housekeeper in a boarding house.) No sign of her family.
According to the 1900 census for Wayne Co., NY, she married John Whalen in about 1894 and her birth was in February of 1855.
The Lake Shore News, Wolcott, NY, Thursday, Nov. 26, 1936, front page
(nyshistoricnewspapers.org)
DEATH OF MRS. WHALEN
Mother of Allen P. Westfall Passes Away at Home of Her Daughter
Mrs. Josephine F. Whalen, widow of the late John Whalen, of West Butler, died at her home with her daughter, Mrs. William Hall, at about 5 a.m. Tuesday. She had been in failing health for two years or more, due to her advanced age. She was 86 years old.
She was born in Wolcott, the daughter of the late George and Hannah Little Fox, and was twice married. Surviving are two children, Emogene, Mrs. William Hall, of Butler, and Allen P. Westfall, of this village, by her first husband, the late Christopher Westfall.
Another daughter, Gertrude Westfall, is dead. She also had two sisters, Kate and Hannah Fox, but, if living, their present whereabouts are unknown.
Until her mind became enfeebled by old age, Mrs. Whalen was a woman of strong common sense and great energy. She was a good neighbor and friend.
The funeral will be held from the Hall home at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Friday), with interment in Glenside cemetery.
1860 census Wolcott, Wayne Co., NY
Hannah M. Fox 37 (1823) NY
Hulda A. Fox 11 NY
Josephine Fox 8 (1852) NY
Lydia C. Fox 3 NY
1870 census Wolcott, Wayne Co., NY
Josephine Fox 16 (1854) NY keeping house (It looks like she may have been working as a housekeeper in a boarding house.) No sign of her family.
According to the 1900 census for Wayne Co., NY, she married John Whalen in about 1894 and her birth was in February of 1855.
(nyshistoricnewspapers.org)
DEATH OF MRS. WHALEN
Mother of Allen P. Westfall Passes Away at Home of Her Daughter
Mrs. Josephine F. Whalen, widow of the late John Whalen, of West Butler, died at her home with her daughter, Mrs. William Hall, at about 5 a.m. Tuesday. She had been in failing health for two years or more, due to her advanced age. She was 86 years old.
She was born in Wolcott, the daughter of the late George and Hannah Little Fox, and was twice married. Surviving are two children, Emogene, Mrs. William Hall, of Butler, and Allen P. Westfall, of this village, by her first husband, the late Christopher Westfall.
Another daughter, Gertrude Westfall, is dead. She also had two sisters, Kate and Hannah Fox, but, if living, their present whereabouts are unknown.
Until her mind became enfeebled by old age, Mrs. Whalen was a woman of strong common sense and great energy. She was a good neighbor and friend.
The funeral will be held from the Hall home at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Friday), with interment in Glenside cemetery.
1860 census Wolcott, Wayne Co., NY
Hannah M. Fox 37 (1823) NY
Hulda A. Fox 11 NY
Josephine Fox 8 (1852) NY
Lydia C. Fox 3 NY
1870 census Wolcott, Wayne Co., NY
Josephine Fox 16 (1854) NY keeping house (It looks like she may have been working as a housekeeper in a boarding house.) No sign of her family.
According to the 1900 census for Wayne Co., NY, she married John Whalen in about 1894 and her birth was in February of 1855.
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